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Play-fellows of the froxen Arctic . Eskimo Children and their tame Bear 

From Stereography Copyright by Underwood and Underwoody New York 



JOGGING ROUND 
THE WORLD 

RIDERS AND DRIVERS, WITH CURIOUS STEEDS 
OR VEHICLES, IN STRANGE LANDS AND AT HOME 

WITH STORIES AND DESCRIPTIONS 

By EDITH DUNHAM 


WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS FROM COPYRIGHTED STEREOGRAPHS BY 
UNDERWOOD & UNDERWOOD, NEW YORK, PUBLISHED BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT 



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Published in October, 1905 


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CONTENTS 


PAGE 

IN THE LAND OF THE ESKIMOS 9 

IN THE OLD PARK AT NARA 10 

A JAPANESE LADY IN A YAMA-KAGO 12 

THE UNICYCLE OF KOREA 14 

A KOREAN LADY IN HER PALANQUIN 16 

A KOREAN GENERAL IN THE STREETS OF SEOUL . . 18 

CEBU, IN THE PHILIPPINES 20 

A CARABAO TANDEM IN LUZON 22 

GOING INTO SHANGHAI 24 

IN CANTON, CHINA 26 

THE HANSOM CAB OF COLUMBO, CEYLON . . . .28 

RIDING IN A PALANQUIN IN CALCUTTA . . . .30 

A TWO-STORIED CAMEL WAGON AT AGRA . . . .32 

AN ELEPHANT FROM KHAIPUR 34 

A BULLOCK CART IN AGRA 36 

THE ROYAL CARRIAGE OF REWAH 38 

ON THE ROAD TO JERICHO 40 

THE TOMBS OF THE KHALIFS, EGYPT 42 

THE PYRAMIDS AND THE SPHINX IN EGYPT ... 44 

ON THE DESERT OF SAHARA 46 

BEFORE THE PETROFSKI PALACE IN A TROIKA . . .48 

NEAR VILLEFRANCHE 50 

IN SEVILLE 52 

RETURN FROM GRAPE-PICKING, MALAGA . . . .54 

DRIVING A DOG-TEAM IN HOLLAND 56 

A CARRIAGE OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY, SWEDEN . 58 


CONTENTS 


PAGE 

TAKING A RIDE IN THURSO, SCOTLAND . 60 

OFF FOR A HOLIDAY IN A JAUNTING-CAR . . . . 62 • 

IN PORTO RICO 64. 

IN CUBA 66 

ORMOND BEACH, FLORIDA 68 

THE OLD CITY OF ST. AUGUSTINE 70 

IN NORTH CAROLINA 72 

AN OX-CART IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI 74 

IN CENTRAL PARK 76 

ON AN OSTRICH FARM . . . . . . . .78 




IN THE LAND OF THE ESKIMOS 

I SN’T this a strange playmate? Would you like to have 
a bear to play with? 

The little Eskimo children on the sledge are having a 
very happy time. They are merry little children, always 
smiling and happy, even in the long winter nights when the 
sun does not shine for months at a time. Wouldn’t you 
think it queer to have such a long night as that? 

When winter is coming their father builds a low, dome- 
shaped house of ice and snow, with a funny little door, 
through which one goes into a passageway, then into a big 
room where the whole family lives. A lamp burns in there, 
filled with whale blubber or fat, and having a wick of dried 
turf. This makes a smoky light, but it warms the house, 
and the Eskimos think their winter home very comfortable. 

In the long, cold season the father sometimes makes a 
sledge like the one in the picture. It is made of pieces of 
wood, with runners of ivory from the tusks of walrus, and 
sometimes with pieces of reindeer horn. The whole is fas- 
tened together with straps made of skin either from the rein- 
deer or seal. It takes a long time to make a sledge, for 
the Eskimos do not have very good tools to work with, and 
have to work slowly. Usually the sledges are drawn by 
dogs. You have seen pictures of them, haven’t you? As 
many as twelve often draw a sledge, and they run very rap- 
idly over the ice and snow, while their master keeps them 
in order with his long-lashed whip. 

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IN THE OLD PARK AT NARA 


S EE these happy Japanese girls enjoying their ride 
through the park, in. ’rickshaws. They look very 
comfortable and cool in their kimonos, don’t they? 
The park they are riding in is at Nara and is such a 
beautiful place! It is there that a very tame herd of sacred 
deer is kept. Nara is on the island of Hondo, Japan, and 
is a very old city, famous for its carvings, cutlery and toys. 
You would enjoy seeing the toys that are made there, 
wouldn’t you? 

India ink and fans come from there, too; perhaps your 
little fan, or your sister’s, was made in Nara. Did you 
know that all the figures on a Japanese fan mean something, 
and sometimes a whole story is connected with, them? 
The parasols, too, are interesting, and the designs on them 
are not arranged simply to look pretty, but each has its 
meaning to the Japanese people. 

In Nara, as in most of the Japanese cities, there are 
some noted temples, and the carving in a few of them is 
said to be the the finest in Japan. In one of the temples 
is a huge bell over thirteen feet high. Would you like to 
hear it? In another is a statue of Buddha more than ten 
times as tall as you are, the biggest one in Japan. In 
Nara, too, are storehouses in which there are specimens of 
articles used in the Imperial household hundreds of years 
before our grandfathers lived. 



A Ride in the old Park at Nara , Japan. Pretty Japanese Maidens in 

9 Rickshaws 

From Stereograph, copyright by Underwood & Underwood , New York 



A JAPANESE LADY IN A 
YAMA-KAGO 

T HIS does not look like a very safe way of travelling, 
does it ? The bridge is so narrow and the water 
rushes by so rapidly that we should not enjoy cross- 
ing in a yama-kago (mountain chair). 

The Japanese people are used to going this way over 
mountain roads and rough places, so they do not mind. 
This little bridge is near Nikko (“Sunny Splendour”), a very 
beautiful city at the foot of a great mountain range in Japan. 

A long avenue lined with cryptomerias, a kind of cypress 
tree, leads to the city, making a picture worth seeing, with 
the tall, pinkish trunks and masses of green against the blue 
sky. Often one gets a glimpse of some temple wonder- 
fully carved and coloured, or a waterfall rushing down. 

The temples and waterfalls are famous, and also the 
mausoleum of Iyeyasee, the most wonderful man in Jap- 
anese history. A long flight of stone steps leads to a 
marvellously carved gate, inside of which is, a court with 
storehouses full of ancient treasures, and a stable with a 
wonderful frieze of monkeys. In the stable is the sacred 
steed said to bear away the spirit of Iyeyasee. Through 
a bronze gate, then through another gate of white and 
gold, one passes through court after court until the shrine 
is reached. 

Another interesting thing in Nikko is the red lacquered 
bridge over the river Daiya. Only the Emperor is allowed 
to cross this bridge. 



Japanese Lady in a Yama-kago ( Mountain Chair ) crossing the Daiya 
River near Nikko , Japan 


From Stereography copyright ig 04 t by Underwood & Underwoody New York 



THE UNICYCLE OF KOREA 


W E very often see bicycles and tricycles, but did you 
ever before see a unicycle like this? The un- 
comfortable looking vehicle can only be used by 
very high officials in Korea, and it is a mark of great dis- 
tinction to have four coolies instead of two. See the very 
elaborate robes of the high general. I should think he 
would have to sit very still on his high seat. A coolie 
marches ahead of him carrying his robe of state when he 
goes to the royal palace. 

Korea is a strange country; the people look like the 
Japanese; the customs are somewhat like those of the 
Chinese; and yet the Koreans are quite different from 
either. The country is hilly, and when walking one no 
sooner gets to the bottom of one hill than he begins to 
go up another. Korea is famous for its paper, which is 
very strong and does not tear easily. The houses have 
partitions and windows of oiled paper. Glass is quite un- 
common. 

Looking down into Seoul, the chief city, from the wall 
one is reminded of a bed of mushrooms. The houses are 
one-storied, with sloping roofs tiled or covered with turf, 
and very close together. The wall has eight gates, each 
with a name, as, “Gate of Amiability,” “Gate of Everlasting 
Ceremony.” The Northern Gate is up on a high hill, 
from which at night signal lights shine out to let the peo- 
ple know if all is well with Korea. 

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One of the most curious Vehicles of the World: the Unicycle of Korea . 
Used for High Generals 

From. Stereography copyright by Underwood & Underwood y New York 


A KOREAN LADY IN HER 
PALANQUIN 

I F we were in Seoul, we could not see this lady in the 
palanquin, because the curtains would be closely shut. 
The Korean ladies of the higher classes are seldom 
seen by anyone outside of their households, and the middle- 
class women, if they have to walk on the street, have a 
peculiar garment, with long, loose sleeves, which they put 
over their heads. The sleeves hang down, looking like a 
curious kind of ears, and the cloak is held closely before 
the face so that it cannot be seen. 

Would you like to take a walk through the streets of 
Seoul, and see the crowds of strangely dressed people, the 
many one-storied houses and the booths? Perhaps we 
should meet the water-coolie who goes about all day carry- 
ing water to anyone who wants it. He has a queer way 
of carrying it, too: a long pole is fastened cross- wise on 
his shoulders by straps going under and around his arms. 
From this pole hang two buckets or pails. 

There are many beautiful palaces in Seoul, with pretty 
little lakes and ponds in the gardens. Some of these lakes 
are covered with lotus flowers, and there is usually a tiny 
island in the centre with a tree on it, under which one can 
sit and enjoy the pretty garden. One of the very interest- 
ing things to see in Seoul is an old, old marble pagoda 
which has been built so long that the people cannot re- 
member who built it. 

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Korean Lady and Maid, in the Streets of Seoul, Korea. [The Curtain 
is seldom raised. 

F^om Stereograph , copyright 1904, by Underwood & Underwood, New York 



A KOREAN GENERAL IN THE 
STREETS OF SEOUL 

T HE Korean general in this palanquin must be a very 
important person indeed. See the large number of 
attendants he has. An ordinary palanquin is car- 
ried by two coolies. Only high officials, foreign consuls, 
or legal advisers of the emperor are supposed to have four, 
and in the pictures we see at least eight men taking this 
general through the streets of Seoul. Only four seem to 
be really carrying the chair, so the men at the side are prob- 
ably not coolies. See, their hats and clothing are different 
from those of the coolies. 

The streets of Seoul are very wide, but look narrow 
because the shopkeepers put up booths in front of their 
houses, and spread out their wares before them, on mats or 
trays, so that there is not much room left. One very wide 
street has two rows of houses or booths down the middle ; so 
it seems as though there were three narrow streets instead 
of one wide one. 

When the emperor passes through in procession all these 
booths are taken down, and the street is swept and deco- 
rated in his honour. The next day the booths are put up 
again and affairs go on in quite the usual way. 

There is an interesting old bronze bell in Seoul, which 
used to be rung in the morning and at sunset. The gates 
of the city were closed at dark, and all the men had to 
stay at home and could not be out on the street, except 
at festival times. 

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A Korean General carried in an official Chair through the Streets of 

Seoul , Korea 


From Stereography copyright by Underwood & Underwood , New York 



CEBU, IN THE PHILIPPINES 

I N Cebu the carriages of the natives are evidently not 
built for comfort, and the ones we see in the picture 
we should not find very agreeable to ride in, I am 
sure. 

This is the Public Square of Cebu, an old, old city on 
the island of Cebu, in the Philippines. Hundreds of years 
ago some Spanish people made a settlement there, and after 
that it was the capital city of the Philippines. Now it is 
still an important city, and large quantities of hemp are 
sent out from it to other parts of the world. Hemp, you 
know, is used to make ropes and sail-cloth and that strong 
yellow wrapping-paper called Manilla paper. 

When growing, the hemp plant looks something like a 
banana tree, with big leaves in which is the fibre used to 
make rope. The native people have a rude sort of knife 
with which they scrape the pulp from the fibre, after which 
it is dried in the sun and then prepared for shipping. 

There is also a very fine fibre that the natives some- 
times get in small quantities, out of which they weave a 
soft material that looks something like silk. This fibre 
brings higher prices than the coarser, but there is not so 
much of it to be had. 

It is very interesting to see the people at work, getting 
the hemp ready for market : almost everything is done by 
hand, for no machinery has yet been made which can do 
the work so well. 


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A Family “Turn-out” in the Public Square , Cebu , Philippine Islands 

From Stereograph , Copyright by Underwood & Underwood, New York 



A CARABAO TANDEM IN 
LUZON 

O H, look at these strange animals with such wide- 
spreading horns! Do you know what they are? 
They are named “carabaos,” and are sometimes 
called “water buffaloes” because they are so fond of the 
water. Often through the day they go into the rivers or 
lakes and splash about; and if they are kept too long from 
their bath they are likely to go mad and become dangerous. 
They are very powerful animals and are used a great deal 
in the Philippine Islands in place of horses, to do farm 
work and draw carts. 

Do you see this queer carriage with the woven canopy 
top and the wooden wheels? Carts like this are used in 
the southern part of Luzon, which is the largest of the 
Philippine Islands. It is a beautiful island with many rivers 
and mountains, and there are also volcanoes. Do you 
know what a volcano is? It is a mountain with a deep 
hole or crater in it, in which there is a mass of fire, and 
gases which sometimes explode. When there is an explo- 
sion great quantities of molten stuff called lava pour from 
the mouth of the volcano, sometimes burying villages at the 
foot of the mountain. A volcano is not a very pleasant 
neighbour, should you think so? Many of the islands of 
the Philippines were formed by volcanoes under the sea, 
that have thrown up masses of lava until a new island 
was made. 



A Tagalcg Tandem, Bambam, Luzon, Philippine Islands 

From Stereograph , copyright 1904, by Underwood & Underwood , New York 


GOING INTO SHANGHAI 


T HIS is a strange-looking thing to ride on, don’t you 
think? It looks something like the wheelbarrows 
we use in our gardens, but the wheel is very large. 
Do you see how it goes up in the middle of the barrow? 

These Chinese people are going into Shanghai. They 
have come along a very sunny road; wouldn’t you think 
their heacfs would ache? The Chinese women do not 
wear hats and they do not mind the heat. See how small 
their feet are, and yet they are very large compared with 
the feet of the ladies in higher classes, who could easily 
wear dolls’ shoes. Chinese shoes, the ordinary ones, are 
made of cloth; so when it rains the Chinese do . jt like to 
go out and get them wet. 

Let us follow these people to Shanghai and see what the 
city is like. It is a great shipping place, and the harbour 
is filled with queer-looking boats called junks. Shang- 
hai is a busy place, and the streets are always crowded; ih 
the native part they are extremely narrow and dirty. 

In the afternoons there is a great deal of driving on 
the chief road, Maloo. Here we should see all kinds of 
carriages, ’rickshaws and barrows like the one in the 
picture. 

If we should meet a Chinese friend he would say, 
“Have you eaten rice?” instead of “How do you do?” 
They think our clothing very queer, and the men would 
not know what to do with pockets. 


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Coming into Town , Shanghai , China 

From Stereography copyright by Underwood & Underwoody New York 


IN CANTON, CHINA 

I F we were in Canton we should probably have a ride 
in a palanquin something like this one. Do you think 
you would like it? 

This Chinese lady is evidently of a very rich family. 
See her silken robes, and her tiny foot. The women of 
the higher classes are seldom seen on the streets of Canton; 
they stay at home or are carried in closely curtained palan- 
quins. Do you see the curtains in the picture? They are 
raised so that we can get a look at the Cantonese lady; 
if she were on a crowded street they would all be down. 

The streets of Canton are very fascinating; they have 
a long row of shops on either side, with wares all displayed. 
Some of the streets are only about six feet wide, and many 
of the shops have large signs at the sides, either upright or 
hung like the signs of old English inns, so that there is not 
much space for passers-by. 

The signs are sometimes black, sometimes scarlet, blue 
or green, with characters of gold or scarlet, so the street is 
full of colour. The street tradesmen are picturesque, par- 
ticularly the barber, who carries over his shoulders a pole 
from which is suspended a bright scarlet stand with a brass 
basin resting on it. He wears loose trousers and blouse of 
dark blue and a broad-brimmed straw hat. 

The streets are almost always crowded, night and day. 
At night lanterns of painted glass or horn, and sometimes 
paper lanterns give a touch of colour and make the streets 
look gay. 


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A beautiful Cantonese Girl in her Palanquin , with Maid Attendant , 
Canton , China 


From Stereography Copyright by Underwood & Underwood , New York 


THE HANSOM CAB OF COLUMBO, 
CEYLON 

H AVE you ever, when out in the country, seen an 
ox-cart with two patient oxen drawing a load of 
hay or stones? 

Here we have a cab drawn by a little bullock, or 
' zebu, which looks somewhat like those big oxen, but has 
a queer hump on his back and is very tiny. He looks 
gentle and kind, and no doubt trots about all day taking 
travellers through the streets of Columbo, in Ceylon. 

Do you know where that is? It is an island ever so 
far away in the Indian Ocean, and is the place where 
many pearls and precious stones are found. It is a very 
beautiful island, and the roads, winding along between 
palms of many kinds and strange plants, with bright col- 
oured birds and butterflies fluttering in and out among 
the leaves, are wonderful. Little bright green lizards dart 
here and there over the beautiful plants, looking like rare 
jewels, and very pretty ferns and flowers are all around. 

Ceylon is such an interesting place to visit! There 
are ever and ever so many plantations where tea is grown, 
and rice, too. The labourers who work in the fields, and 
who draw the ’rickshaws we see in the picture, are called 
Tamils. The part of Columbo where they live is named 
Pettah and is very picturesque. 

Their fruit shops look tempting and there are many 
kinds of fruit with curious names, as “papaws,” “lovi- 
lovis” and “rambutans.” Would you like to taste them? 
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The Hansom Cab of Columbo> Ceylon 

From Stereography copyright by Underwood & Underwoody New York 




RIDING IN A PALANQUIN IN 
CALCUTTA 

W HAT a beautiful road this is! Wouldn’t you 
like to take a peep around the curve and see 
what is beyond? But such a queer way of 

travelling! 

These men can go very rapidly, but they have stopped 
here to let us look at them. The lady seems to be enjoy- 
ing her ride very much in her palanquin. Isn’t that a 
funny thing to ride in? 

This road is in one of the beautiful parks in Calcutta, 
the city in India where the Governor General lives. It is 
such an attractive city, with oh, so many parks and gardens! 
one where there are numberless kinds of animals, another 
filled with rare trees and plants. There are also many 
private gardens. There are so many fine buildings that 
Calcutta is sometimes called the “City of Palaces.” The 
most beautiful part of the city has a queer name, Chow- 
ringhee. Here there is a large park where there is much 
driving; sometimes the band plays and it is very gay. 

“Black Town,” where the natives live, is not so attrac- 
tive, but very dirty, with narrow streets and ugly little 
houses of mud or bamboo. Here and there are idols made 
of plaster or painted wood, looking like those we some- 
times see in pictures. The natives of Calcutta make many 
useful things, among them gunny-bags, the very coarse bags 
that coffee and cotton are packed in. These bags are used 
by people all over the world. 

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A Lady in her Palanquin going through the Geological Gardens , Calcutta 

From Stereograph , Copyright by Underwood and Underwood , New Fork 


A TWO-STORIED CAMEL 
WAGON AT AGRA 

T HIS is almost like a house on wheels, isn’t it? There 
seem to be two stories in the wagon or carriage. 
We can see someone sitting in the upper part, and 
the lower floor appears to be filled with all sorts of things. 
How proud and haughty the camels look, with their noses 
up in the Air! 

In what country would you expect to see this carriage? 
Yes, it is in India, at Agra, a very beautiful city. There 
are such wonderful buildings in Agra that we should want 
to stay there a long time and admire them. One is called 
the Moti Musjid, or Pearl Mosque, and travellers say that 
it is exquisite. It is all of marble and has three beautiful 
domes like immense bubbles floating in the air. 

The gem of Agra, though, is the Taj Mahal, a big tomb 
built centuries ago by one of the rulers, Shah Jehan, for his 
wife, whom he dearly loved. Just think, this building is 
standing now, after all these hundreds of years, and is still 
perfect! It has a beautiful big dome and a number of 
little ones, besides minarets and towers, and it looks like a 
marvellous dream building or a palace made by the fairies. 
Every little part of it is as perfect as a bit of jewellery. 
There are flowers inlaid in many colours, and exquisite 
mosaic work in different patterns; and in the dome is a 
wonderful echo that repeats a note again and again until 
it sounds like fairy music. Wouldn’t you like to visit this 
wonderful place? 


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Two-story Camel IT agons at Agra, India 

From Stereograph , Copyright, 1904, by Underwood & Underwood, New Tork 


AN ELEPHANT FROM 
KHAIPUR 

H ERE is another elephant dressed in elaborate trap- 
pings. His saddle cloth is very gorgeously em- 
broidered and fringed, and he has a cloth over his 
head, which seems to cover up his eyes, but perhaps he can 
see through the fringe. He even has a bracelet or anklet 
around one of his fore feet — do you see it? The owner 
of all this magnificence sits on the elephant’s back in a 
howdah, a very much ornamented sort of chair. 

With all its splendour, I am sure we should not find 
this a comfortable way of travelling, for as the elephant 
lumbers along, the howdah pitches first in one direction, 
then in another. We should feel as though we were at 
sea; and in the hot sun, without the bracing air we get on 
the water, it might be an unpleasant motion. 

This elephant comes from Khaipur, a state in the west- 
ern part of India. It is a very hot part of the country, 
and we should probably not be able to live there more 
than four months in the year, as the rest of the time it is 
intensely hot. Many of the Hindu people of Khaipur own 
large numbers of oxen, camels, sheep and goats; so they 
do not settle in one place to live, but go about, stopping 
wherever they find good pasture-lands. The chief man is 
called the mir; isn’t that a strange name? He has a very 
large estate, with big parks, and, I suppose, owns several 
elephants. 


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A wealthy Merchant of Khaipur out for an Airing 

From Stereography copyright by Underwood & Underwood , New York 


A BULLOCK CART IN AGRA 

H ERE are some more bullocks, drawing quite a dif- 
ferent kind of cart from any we have seen before. 
What fine-looking animals they are, and how pa- 
tient they seem, in spite of the fact that the rope harness 
goes right through their nostrils and over their ears, which 
must be uncomfortable, to say the least. 

See what a very elaborate canopy the carriage has, in 
the shape of a dome; but the wheels, somehow, do not 
seem to belong to the top, for they are made of wood and 
are very clumsy. We should know at once that this was 
in India, the land of sharp contrasts. Travellers in India 
often say that in that country the most magnificent and the 
meanest objects are found side by side. A beautiful palace 
and a miserable little hut are seen together, or a wonder- 
ful bit of carving beside cheap red or yellow glass orna- 
ments. 

Carts like the one in the picture are very often seen 
at Agra, the city where so many wonderful buildings are 
found. There are many interesting things in India that 
we should like to see; you know it is a very large country, 
and there are many different kinds of scenery; and in some 
places it is very beautiful. The different castes or classes 
of people each have manners and customs of their own, 
and the dress of the natives tells at once to what caste 
they belong; but it would be hard for us to remember all 
the differences. 


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A typical Bullock-driver with clumsy wooden-wheeled Car , at Agra , India 

From Stereography copyright by Underwood & Underwoody New York 


THE ROYAL CARRIAGE OF 
REWAH 

S URELY the owner of this gorgeous turnout must be 
a very important person in India. See the magnifi- 
cent trappings of the elephants and the many mahouts, 
or drivers. To own an elephant is quite a distinction, and 
only titled or extremely wealthy people have carriages 
drawn by the huge animals. Would you like to ride after 
them? It seems to me it would be a very slow way of 
getting about, but no doubt it would be impressive. 

The elephants in the picture belong to a Maharaja or 
great prince, and they have come from Rewah, a little state 
somewhat north from the centre of India. You know In- 
dia is a very large country and it is divided into states, some 
large, some small, each of which has a native ruler. These 
rulers live in great splendour and dress in magnificent 
fashion, with jewels and many coloured garments. 

Look at these elephants and see how gay they are. 
Their trunks are painted, a big medallion hangs between 
their eyes and a gorgeously embroidered cloth covers 
their backs and hangs down almost to the ground on 
both sides of them. In addition to this they have big 
chains around their necks, which I should think would be 
in the way when they walked, shouldn’t you? Can you 
imagine how all this would look in blues and greens and 
reds, with the glitter of gold and silver sparkling in the 
bright sunlight? 


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Richly adorned Elephants and Carriage of H. H. the Maharaja of Rewah, 

India 

From. Stereography copyright by Underwood & Underwood , New York 


ON THE ROAD TO JERICHO 

D EAR me, this donkey seems to have a heavy load on 
his back, don’t you think so ? These women have 
come from Bethlehem, the place where the baby 
Jesus was born hundreds of years ago. You know that 
beautiful story, don’t you ? 

The road that we see in the picture is the way to Jeri- 
cho, which was once a very prosperous city, with rich fields 
all about, and springs of water bubbling up and keeping 
the fields moist and green. Now all that is left of the old 
city is a heap of ruins; the springs are there and the fields 
are green and beautiful, and covered with wild flowers, 
but there are no gardens. Tribes of people called Bed- 
ouins live around there; they do not settle in any one 
place to live, however, but roam about from one part of 
the wilderness to another. They sometimes act as guides 
to show travellers the country. The men on the burros 
in the picture look like Bedouins. 

The hills near Jericho are not very attractive to look at: 
they are covered with stones, and not many trees or flow- 
ers grow on them; but some of the hills in Palestine are 
beautiful, with large groves of olive trees, and masses of 
green foliage. Do you know where Palestine is? Look 
on your map of Asia and you will see it by the Red Sea, 
and you will find many stories in the Bible about the old 
cities and places there. It is the land where Jesus lived, 
and is wonderfully interesting to visit. 

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Women of Bethlehem on the Road to Jericho 

From Stereography Copyright by Underwood & Underwood, New Fork 





THE TOMBS OF THE KHALIFS, 
EGYPT 

T HESE camels seem very much dressed up, don’t they, 
with their richly ornamented coverings; and see, the 
front one has a net over his head with tassels hang- 
ing from it. The carriage, too, is very elaborately carved. 
See the women in it, with veils over their faces. The 
Egyptian women of the higher classes always wear veils 
like these out of doors, so that only their eyes can be seen. 

The buildings that these “ships of the desert” (as cam- 
els are sometimes called) are passing are the tombs of the 
Khalifs, just outside of Cairo, Egypt. They were built 
centuries ago, for you know Egyptian history goes back 
farther than that of almost any other country in the world, 
and many interesting old buildings still remain. In the 
tombs shown in the picture are buried some of the Khalifs, 
or rulers, of Egypt, who lived thousands of years ago. The 
tomb of Keit Bey, which we see in the middle of the pic- 
ture, has a beautiful minaret or tower with three balco- 
nies. Can you count them? The top of the tower is 
shaped something like a pear, with a straight spire at the 
top. Most of the other domes have a half-moon at the 
top. Do you see them, and do you notice the lace-like 
patterns carved on the domes? In olden times the Egyp- 
tian people did much carving, and painted a great deal too, 
so their houses and buildings were all beautifully decorated 
and coloured. You have probably seen Egyptian designs 
many times in the museums near your home, or in books, 
haven’t you ? 


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A Ship of the Desert , passing the Tombs of the Kkalifs , Cairo , Egypt 

From Stereograph , copyright by Underwood & Underwood , New York 



THE PYRAMIDS AND THE 
SPHINX, IN EGYPT 

H ERE are more camels, which have brought these 
men to the pyramids and the great Sphinx of 
Egypt. Have you ever heard of them? That 
enormous head that you see in the picture belongs to the 
Sphinx; isn’t it strange-looking? It is of stone and has 
stood there so many ages that no one knows when it was 
carved. The Sphinx has a body like a lion’s, which could 
be seen a long time ago, but now the sand has covered up 
most of it. 

See the big pyramids in the picture. They are won- 
derful to look at; it seems as though they must always have 
been there, like the big rocks and hills; but men built 
them many, many years ago — long before the invention of 
any of the machinery that people use now to lift stones. 
The biggest pyramid of all was built for the tomb of a king. 
Travellers often climb this large pyramid, but it is not very 
easy, as one has to step from one big stone to another. If 
you go to Cairo, in Egypt, some day, you will go out and 
see these wonderful things. 

There are many other strange sights in Cairo. The 
life there is quite different from that of any other country, 
and the people have customs which have come down 
through thousands of years. In the museum there we 
should see an interesting collection of old toys and paint- 
ings, and so many other things that it would be hard to 
name them all. 


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Tourists on Egyptian Transports passing the Great Sphinx and Pyramids , 

Egypt 


From Stereography copyright by Underwood & Underwood , New York 


ON THE DESERT OF SAHARA 

N OW we are on the great Desert of Sahara, in Egypt. 
Isn’t this a queer way of riding? That looks like 
a little house on the camel’s back; but it does not 
look as though it would be very comfortable to ride in. 
This camel is dressed up too, with a net and saddle-cloth. 
Do you suppose he likes all this covering? 

The desert is a strange place. For miles and miles 
there is no water, nothing but great stretches of sand with 
queer plants growing in it, and pebbles all about, blue, 
pink, green, and other colours. Some people think that 
long ago there was a sea where the desert is now, and often 
travellers find shells, which make it seem as though water 
must have been there once. The Arabs, the people who 
live on the desert, are shepherds with big flocks of sheep 
and goats, and many camels and horses. They have no 
homes to live in always, but have to move about from 
place to place, wherever they can find water. Of course, 
living in this way, they can have no houses, but have to 
live in tents, which can be easily carried whenever they 
move. 

Sometimes a terrible storm comes up on the desert; 
the wind blows, and drives great clouds of sand before it, 
making it almost impossible for a person to see. In a 
storm like this the people have to keep moving and to try 
to get out of the storm, for if they stayed in one place the 
sand would soon cover them. 

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The Arab's Shibriyeh, — a Home on the Great Sahara Desert 

From Stereography copyright by Underwood & Underwoody New York 


' I 


BEFORE THE PETROFSKI 
PALACE IN A TROIKA 

W E do not often see carriages in America with three 
horses, do we? In Russia, however, they are 
used a great deal, and go very rapidly indeed, the 
middle horse trotting while the others gallop. This gives 
a peculiar motion to the carriage, as you might suppose. 
The Russian people are fond of driving extremely fast, and 
urge their horses on to the greatest speed. See the arch 
over the middle horse; it is very much ornamented, and 
the harness is quite gay with all its tassels and bells. 

A carriage like this with three horses is called a troika. 
This troika has come out from Moscow to the old Pe- 
trofski Palace, which was once the residence of the royal 
family. You know that Moscow was, a long time ago, the 
capital of Russia, and it is still one of the principal cities 
in manufactures and commerce. 

Going towards it one sees the mass of roofs like a 
dark green sea; nearer, many spires and domes attract the 
eye. The spires seem like a network of gold; the domes 
are in some cases gilded, in others a deep blue, covered 
with gold stars, and in still others are tiled with green. 

In the centre of the city is the Kremlin, a hill where 
the buildings are particularly beautiful, among the shrubs 
and trees, with the tower of Ivan the Great rising above 
them all. At the foot of this tower is the great bell of 
Moscow, the largest in the world. There are hundreds 
and hundreds of bells in Moscow of all sizes and kinds. 

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A Russian Troika [three-horse Carriage ) before the old Petrof ski Palace in a 
northwest Suburb of Moscow . The Palace is not now occupied 
as a royal Residence . The middle Horse in a Troika 

trots while the others gallop 

From Stereograph , copyright by Underwood 1$ Underwood y New York 




NEAR VILLEFRANCHE 

H ERE is the grandpa of some little French children, 
out for a drive with his fine pair of dogs. See 
how patiently they stand and wait until their mas- 
ter is ready to start. Then they will trot along very 
soberly, making the queer little cart jolt over the roads 
about Villefranche. 

For many, many years this little town has nestled 
down in its valley among the hills of southern France, and 
of course one sees there some fine old houses, built cen- 
turies ago. Besides these old houses there are a big Gothic 
cathedral and an old monastery which is now used as a 
hospital or asylum. Both these buildings are interesting 
to see. 

I wonder if you know what kinds of things grow in 
southern France. They have a great deal of warm weath- 
er there. Grapes, did you say? Yes, grapes grow there 
in profusion, and olives and mulberries. It is on mulberry 
leaves that the silk-worm feeds, and ever so much silk is 
made in France and sent all over the world. Then there 
are numberless little farms or gardens where vegetables and 
fruits of various kinds are raised. 

Market-day is a great event; everyone must go, and 
of course all the people in the country places try to grow 
the choicest vegetables and fruits, and raise the very best 
fowls. The flowers, too, offered for sale, are beautiful 
and very fragrant; we should like to see them, and to 
bring some home with us. 


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The Grandpa of Villefranche , South France , out for a drive 

From a Stereograph , copyright , 1904, by \J?iderwood & Underwood y New York 


IN SEVILLE 

T HERE has been a wedding in Seville, and now the 
bride and bridegroom are going off with all' the 
good wishes of their friends. The beautiful horse 
seems to know that he is taking part in an important event, 
and he stands very still while the good-byes are being said. 

Seville is a very attractive and important city in Spain, 
on a river with such a long, hard name to say — Guadal- 
quiver. Some parts of the city are below high-water level, 
so that often the river overflows and causes much suffering. 
Seville has many interesting old Moorish houses, because 
long, long ago the Moors came over the Strait of Gibral- 
tar from Morocco to Spain and settled there, building 
houses in their own style. 

Some of these houses and palaces are beautiful, with 
double arches and carved patterns like lace work. The 
Alcazar was the palace of the Moorish kings and is won- 
derful to see, although not so marvellous as the Alhambra, 
at Granada, which the Moors also built. Some day you 
will read what Washington Irving wrote about it. 

The Moors were driven out of Spain about the time 
of Columbus, when Ferdinand and Isabella came to the 
throne. Most of the houses in Seville are built in the 
Moorish style, around a court which often has a marble 
fountain in the centre, with beautiful shrubs and orange 
trees here and there. The streets are very narrow; in 
some places so narrow that two little burros could not pass 
if their panniers were full. 


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The Departure of the Bride and Bridegroom, Seville , Spain 

From Stereography copyright by Underwood & Underwood , New York 




RETURN FROM GRAPE-PICKING, 
MALAGA 

W HAT quantities of grapes we see here! Baskets, 
barrels and the panniers on the little burro are 
filled. These people have just come from the 
vineyards about Malaga, in Spain. 

Malaga is at the foot of a large range of mountains the 
sides of which are covered with vineyards. You know that 
those delicious white grapes that we get in the markets 
come from Malaga. Do you know how they grow? The 
vineyards on the sides of hills or mountains are planted 
row after row, only a few feet apart, and each row a little 
higher than the one before it. Every vine is like a little 
tree by itself, with a trench dug around it to catch the 
water when it rains. The soil of the vineyards is red. 
After the grapes are picked, they are packed in cork dust 
and sent to other parts of Europe and to America. 

Raisins and wine also come from Malaga in large 
quantities. They are both made from grapes — raisins by 
drying the grapes in the sun, and wine from the juice of 
grapes; so you see how many must be picked every year. 
Figs and almonds grow in Malaga, and olives. All these 
things, you know, grow only where it is very warm and 
sunny. If we went to Spain we should see many olive 
trees. They look something like plum trees, but are 
knotty and gnarled and the leaves are a darker green. 
When the olives are ripe they are a dark glossy purple. 

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Return from the Grape-picking , Malaga , Spain 


From Stereograph , copyright by Underwood & Underwood y New York 




DRIVING A DOG-TEAM 
IN HOLLAND 

S EE these good old dogs harnessed like horses, drawing 
the strange-looking cart! Do you think your dog 
would run quietly along the street if you harnessed 
him this way? I do not believe he would, but these dogs 
are used to being driven, so they do not mind it at all; in 
fact they expect to draw a cart, as the dogs in Holland 
often do. 

To-day is market-day, and the Dutch peasant woman 
is just coming from town where she has sold all her vege- 
tables and flowers. See the garden just beyond the fence 
in the picture. What do you think these flowers are? A 
great many tulips, hyacinths and crocuses are grown in 
Holland. It is a great gardening country; every bit of 
ground is cultivated, and the kingdom is like one big gar- 
den crossed by many canals like silver threads. 

There is a high tower in Utrecht, one of the cities, 
from which one can see almost the whole country spread 
out like a map, and it is such a pretty view. The mead- 
ows are bright green, and along the canals willow trees, 
elms and poplars are seen. Dotted here and there are 
pretty little villages with houses painted in bright colours, 
and everywhere are windmills with huge sails. They are 
used to grind corn and to pump the water from the canals, 
and in addition to being so useful are very picturesque. 

The people of Holland are very neat; every day their 
houses, sidewalks, and streets are cleaned, and everything 
put in its best condition. 


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Dignity of a Dutch Matron with her Dog Team. Outskirts of Eukhuysen , 

Holland 


From Stereography copyright b\ Underwood & Underwood , New Fork 



CARRIAGE OF THE SIXTEENTH 
CENTURY, SWEDEN 

T HIS quaint little carriage was owned by a rich man 
in Sweden, three or four hundred years ago. Do 
you see what a peculiar harness the horse has on ? 
That queer arrangement on his back I should think would 
be very uncomfortable, shouldn’t you ? The man’s cloth- 
ing, too, looks strange. Do you see his big funny-looking 
hat ? If we should take a drive in this old, old carriage, 
what kind of country do you think we should go through ? 

Sweden is one of the countries that have many differ- 
ent kinds of climate and scenery, so you can understand 
that it would take a great many days to see it all. In the 
northern part we should find the winters very long and cold, 
and the summers short. We should see high mountains, 
and rivers on which vessels can sail for two or three hun- 
dred miles. Doesn’t that seem a long distance? Then we 
should see thick woods with very big trees in them which 
are cut down for timber. There are not many cities in 
the north, and if we kept going toward the middle of the 
country we should still see only a few, but we should see 
many farms where beetroot is grown, from which they make 
sugar. We should see fields of grain, and cows grazing in 
the meadows. Often we should pass a beautiful lake, blue 
as the sky, reflecting the country like a mirror. Here the 
winters are not so cold or long, and as we approached 
the coast we should find a much warmer climate. Most 
of the large cities and towns are along the coast. 



A sixteenth Century Carriage of a rich Norseman , Bergoik , Sweden 

From Stereograph , copyright 1904, by Underwood 1 st Underwood , iVm 



TAKING A RIDE IN THURSO, 
SCOTLAND 

S EE this dear, shaggy little donkey; doesn’t he look 
full of mischief? Many a happy drive these children 
have over the roads about Thurso, in Scotland. 
They are on their way now to the village store. This 
looks like a very pleasant road, with its long stretches of 
field and meadow. 

From Thurso are sent out cattle and sheep and grain, 
so you see it is a farming country around there. Do you 
know where Thurso is? Look on your map of Scotland 
and you will find it, away up in the very northern part on 
the sea-coast. Like many places near the water it is very 
rocky, and many paving stones come from there. 

Scotland is an interesting place; the scenery is beauti- 
ful, and there are many wonderful old castles famous in 
history. Perhaps you have read the stories written by Sir 
Walter Scott about some of them. His home was in Scot- 
land, and Robert Burns lived there, too. Have you read 
any of Burns’s poems? 

In olden times the northern part of Scotland was 
owned by the Highlanders, who lived by raising sheep and 
cattle, and by hunting. They were divided into clans, or 
large families of relatives, and were very loyal to one an- 
other. Many stirring tales are told of these old times; 
probably you will read them some time. Now most of 
the large estates in the Highlands are owned by English 
or American people, who spend a short time there every 
year in shooting and fishing. 

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Toung Citizens of Thurso , Scotland , on the Way to the Village Store 

From Stereography Copyright by Underwood and Underwoody New York 



OFF FOR A HOLIDAY IN A 
JAUNTING-CAR 

H ERE is a happy family, off for a long holiday. 
Grandfather usually has to take passengers about 
in his jaunting-car; but to-day is a holiday for him 
too, and he is going to take the family all off for a long 
drive. Have you ever seen a jaunting-car? They are 
used a great deal in Ireland, and sometimes we see them 
in America — at Newport or other summer resorts. Before 
one gets accustomed to riding in them he has to hold on 
tightly when going around corners; but after a while he 
gets used to the jolting motion and is not afraid of being 
tipped out. 

See the house in the picture. Many cottages in Ire- 
land are like this, of stone or earth with the roof thatched 
with straw; but a great many have no windows except 
holes cut in the walls, and the door is so low that one has 
to stoop to go in. Of course the houses in the cities are 
different. 

Dublin is the principal city and is a very beautiful one, 
with fine houses and buildings. Exquisite lace, made by 
the peasant women, comes from there, and a kind of cloth 
called Irish poplin, made of silk and wool. It rains very 
often in Ireland, so the grass and foliage are bright green, 
for which reason the island is sometimes called the Emer- 
ald Isle. The Irish people say, “In England it rains all 
day; in Scotland it rains all night; but in Ireland it rains 
both day and night.” 


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Off for a Holiday in a Jaunting Car , Ireland 

From Stereography Copyright by Underwood & Underwoody New York 


IN PORTO RICO 

H ERE is a whole family out for a drive in their cart 
drawn by four bullocks. This “horseless carriage” 
is in Porto Rico, which means “rich harbour.” 
Did you know that Columbus discovered the island of 
Porto Rico? It is called the “land of perpetual June,” 
because the weather is so fine through the whole year. 
To be sure, they sometimes have terrible earthquakes and 
hurricanes; but the people are prepared for these and have 
cellars or caves to which they go when they see signs of a 
hurricane coming. They have to take food with them, of 
course, to last until the storm is over, and sometimes whole 
villages are destroyed. 

Except at these times Porto Rico is a beautiful place; 
flowers bloom all the year and the fields are full of grow- 
ing things. A great deal of coffee grows there on large 
plantations. You know that Porto Rico belongs now to 
the United States, and every afternoon at sunset in the 
large cities a band plays “The Star Spangled Banner.” 
While it is being played the flag is lowered and the men 
take off their hats. It is an impressive sight. 

There are many interesting things to see in the city 
streets. The men who sell bananas carry them fastened to 
a pole; the milk-man sometimes carries his large open can 
of milk on his head; and all of the native people, if they 
have anything to carry, balance it on their heads, no mat- 
ter what it is. They are very expert at balancing things in 
this way. 


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A holiday Jaunt in a horseless Carriage , Coamo, Porto Rico 


From Stereography copyright by Underivood & Underwood y New York 



IN CUBA 


S URELY this is a queer-looking street-car! Did you 
ever ride in one like it? Perhaps if we were in Cuba 
we might take a ride; but if we were in a hurry it 
would be better to find some other way of travelling. The 
car seems to be well filled with passengers. I wonder 
where they are all going! See the boy at the side of the 
car, with an odd-shaped basket in his hand. Perhaps all 
these people are going to the tobacco fields, for as you 
know, a great deal of tobacco is raised in Cuba, and cigars 
and cigarettes are made in large quantities. Many other 
things grow there, too. Some plants which belong to 
tropical or very hot countries grow close beside those found 
also in colder climates; so there is great variety of plant 
life. 

Some fish with very queer names are found in Cuba: 
there is the “giant aguja,” a great big fish that sometimes 
weighs as much as five hundred pounds; the “snoring 
ronco,” the “galligo,” the “garfish,” and several others with 
names as funny. Do you know what all these fish look 
like?' I’m sure I don’t, but if they are like their names 
they must be strange-looking objects. 

There are many kinds of animals and insects in Cuba, 
too; some of the insects are quite troublesome and we 
should not care to have them come near us. If one is 
making a collection of insects, Cuba is a good place in 
which to find different varieties. 

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A characteristic Street-car . Rapid Transit in Cuba 


From Stereography Copyright by Underwood & Underwoody New York 


ORMOND BEACH, FLORIDA 

I SN’T this a fine long beach? Can you see how far it 
stretches? The sand is just as firm and hard as a 
floor, so the beach is often used to race on. Automo- 
biles have made unusual records here : the sand is so smooth 
that they can go at great speed over it. Can you imagine 
how strange these automobiles would look to a child who 
had never seen one? We sometimes think the carriages of 
other countries are queer to look at, but if we had never 
seen an automobile before, perhaps it would look the 
strangest of all to us. Indeed, just after dark when the 
lamps are lighted they look fike great monsters with shin- 
ing eyes and open mouths coming towards one. Did 
you ever notice it? 

Wouldn’t you love to have a run along this beach, and 
to paddle in the water? Perhaps some time you will be in 
Florida and go to Ormond Beach; perhaps you have al- 
ready been there. Florida has water on three sides and 
there are many beaches of course, but the coast is flat and 
sandy, with reefs and sand bars that go way out into the 
ocean, so there are not many good harbours for vessels. On 
the side where the Atlantic is there are very few. Some- 
thing grows in Florida that you like very much; I wonder 
if you know what it is ? It grows on trees with dark, 
glossy leaves ; it is round and the colour is between a red 
and yellow. The colour has the same name as the fruit, 
so I can’t tell you what it is without telling the name of 
the fruit. Do you know what it is now? 

68 



On the famous Ormond Beach . The record-breaking Automobile Race- 

Course, Daytona, Florida 

From Stereography Copyright 1904, by Underwood & Underwood , New York 


THE OLD CITY OF 
ST. AUGUSTINE 

T HIS funny little cart with enormous wheels has 
stopped in front of the old gate at St. Augustine, 
in Florida. Would you like to take a ride through 
the town? 

First let us look at the old gate. Hundreds of years 
ago the city had a wall across one end, and this old gate 
guarded the entrance. See the sentry boxes where the 
men on guard used to stay. The door to one of them is 
right in back of the cart in the picture. Now, if we go 
through the gate we shall find an interesting old city, 
quite different from any other in America, for St. Augus- 
tine was built by Spanish people many, many years ago; 
and some of the quaint old houses are still there to remind 
us of the times before our grandfathers lived. The streets 
are very narrow and the houses peculiarly built, most of 
them made of coquina , a combination of shells and sand, 
cut into bricks. At the end of the town near the sea 
is an old fort, also built with coquina walls, and in going 
through it we should hear from our guide many strange 
stories of things that happened long ago. Several times 
the fort was besieged, but the coquina walls were soft 
enough so that bullets became embedded in them, and the 
fort did not receive much injury; but the walls are crum- 
bling now. Another interesting old building is the cathe- 
dral with its odd-shaped belfry with four bells in it. 

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A Relic of the old Days , at the famous City Gate in the old Spanish Town 

of St. Augustine , Florida 


From Stereography copyright igoj, by Underwood & Underwood , New York 






IN NORTH CAROLINA 


H ERE is a happy farmer taking his family out for a 
drive in his big ox-cart. He is very proud of his 
cart, and of his little farm where he raises vege- 
tables and melons for the market. When he was a little 
boy his father and mother were slaves on a large plantation, 
and although they were treated kindly they belonged, like 
the horses and dogs, to the white people who owned the 
plantation. 

This man is happy to think he is free, and he works 
hard to keep his family supplied with all they need. See 
the dear little baby in his mother’s lap. Perhaps when he 
grows up he will go to one of the schools in North Caro- 
lina, where the negroes learn to be good farmers, able to 
take care of themselves and their families. Perhaps he 
will be a teacher. 

This road looks very sandy, doesn’t it? You know it 
is in what is called the Sand Belt of North Carolina. All 
along the eastern part of the state the country is low and 
flat, much of it sandy, with here and there a swamp; but 
farther inland it . is good farming country with fine soil. 
North Carolina has a wonderful climate, and it is so warm 
and pleasant that a bigger variety of plants grow there than 
in almost any other state. We should like to see peanuts 
growing, shouldn’t we? They grow in great abundance 
here. 


7 2 





Free and happy in his crude Prosperity. Life in the Sand Belt of North 

Carolina 


From Stereograph , copyright by Underwood & Underwood , New York 


AN OX-CART IN SOUTHERN 
MISSISSIPPI 

T HIS father is taking his family out too; it is a good 
large family, isn’t it ? All these pickaninnies live in 
the house we see in the picture, way down in south- 
ern Mississippi. Before the Civil War the coloured people 
in Mississippi were slaves, but now they are free, and many 
of them live quite happily and contentedly in their little 
cabins. Numbers of them own small farms and grow cot- 
ton and corn, or sometimes sugar-cane, from which syrup 
and molasses are made. 

Mississippi is one of the states where it is warm weath- 
er most of the year; the Gulf of Mexico is just south of 
it, and the breeze across the water is soft and mild. It 
rains a great deal in the southern part of the state, and 
there are many rivers, so the land is overflowed very often. 
Along the Mississippi River in some places banks called 
levees have been built, to keep the water in its place, but 
often after a heavy rain there is so much water in the river 
that the levees are broken, and then great damage is done. 
If the river did not sometimes carry off houses these over- 
flows would not be so bad, for the water leaves a kind of mud 
on the fields, which makes things grow faster and better. 

There are large numbers of trees in Mississippi: the 
holly that we use at Christmas time grows there, the frag- 
rant magnolia, the persimmon with its queer puckery fruit, 
and many other varieties. 


74 



Rapid Transit in Southern Mississippi 

From Stereograph , copyright by Underwood & Underwood , New York 


IN CENTRAL PARK 

T HESE dear little goats give a great deal of pleas- 
ure to children in Central Park, New York City. 
Would you like to take a drive now and see some 
of the interesting things in the park? It is such a large 
place that it would take quite a long time to drive about 
and see everything. 

Where would you like to go first ? Why, of course, you 
want to see the animals, so we will pay a visit to them. 
What do you like to see — the monkeys? Well, they are 
funny, with their wrinkled little faces and paws like tiny 
hands. Do you like to give them peanuts, and then watch 
their solemn faces while they crack the shells open? We 
mustn’t stay watching them too long, for there is much in 
Central Park that we want to see. As we go along we will 
look at the trees, because here are found all the different 
kinds that will grow in this climate, and some of them are 
very beautiful. 

There is a very famous “Needle” in Central Park; have 
you ever seen it ? Don’t look astonished, for it is quite 
different from the needles we are accustomed to seeing. 
Perhaps you would know it better by its other name, obe- 
lisk. It is a very tall shaft of stone with curious inscrip- 
tions on it, and it is very, very old. First it stood in 
Heliopolis, hundreds and hundreds of years ago, then it 
was moved to Alexandria, Egypt. Several years ago it was 
given to the United States by the Khedive of Egypt. It is 
now called “Cleopatra's Needle.” 

76 



Pbe Goat Carriages , Central Park, New Pork 

From Stereograph , Copyright by Underwood Underwood, New York 



ON AN OSTRICH FARM 

W OULD you like to try a race with this ostrich? 

I am afraid you would be beaten, for this is a 
famous trotter, Oliver W., who has made a record 
for great speed. It looks strange to see an ostrich har- 
nessed into a racing gig, doesn’t it? But you know they 
can go very rapidly, and easily run faster than horses. Do 
you see all the ostriches in the picture on the other side of 
the fence? This is a farm in Jacksonville, Florida, where 
ostriches are raised. You know so many people want 
ostrich plumes that it takes a great many to supply them 
all, and there are ostrich farms in Florida and Califor- 
nia, as well as in Mexico and other countries. The first 
plumes are cut from the birds when they are about six or 
seven months old, and then about twice a year until they 
are very old. Ostriches are queer-looking birds, aren’t 
they? See Oliver W.’s long neck, and his feet with only 
two toes, the outside one having no claw. It is wise to 
keep away from those feet, for ostriches sometimes kick, 
and very powerfully, too. They are strange birds and do 
many funny things ; so a visit to an ostrich farm is very 
entertaining. You have heard, haven’t you, how they hide 
their heads in the sand and think no one can see them? 
When the Arabs of the desert want to catch a wild ostrich 
they find it quite easy, for the birds are very apt to run 
around in circles instead of straight ahead, so the horses 
soon catch up with them. 


78 



Exercising Oliver W who has a trotting Record of 2:02. Ostrich Farm , 
Jacksonville, Florida 

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